So everything seemed to be running fine on my car, till yesterday. Did my
35km commute back home, and when I got to the lights outside town, the car was idling really rough. Enough to give the car a gentle shaking.I got home, turned the car off, turned it back on, same issue. Rev it up, and it ran smoothly after about 1500rpm, but rough below that. No "Check Engine" light, tried doing the OBD retrieval, but I don't know if I didn't get one because I don't know what I'm doing, or because there wasn't one to retrieve. Have to check into that more later.
This morning, I thought I'd try taking the car to work, see how it did. But as I pulled out, I noticed a lot more exhaust cloud than I'm used to seeing, especially at current temperatures. Pulled back into the driveway, and noticed a fluid spill about 6" in diameter. Felt kind of oily, but it wasn't engine out (wrong color). Pulled the car into the garage, and checked the fluid levels, and all seem to be good with the exception of the coolant level (down, but not too low yet). Ran the car for a bit again, noticed the exhaust cloud again. Doesn't smell really off, but not really normal either. Found out the fluid leak is happening at the muffler/exhaust system connection.
One other reference point is that on the way home, I passed a semi on a two lane road, so for the first time since I've owned the car (about a month), I had to really tromp on the throttle. Did pretty good going from 80km/h to
140 though! :)So my thought is a blown head gasket, causing a coolant leak. Any other thoughts or ideas? Any idea how many hours it is to replace that (shop hours)?
I'll be posting a similar message to the
Clint